Horse-releaser.



No. 840.691. I PATENTED JAN. 8, 1907.

A. -E. PROMMEL. HORSE RELEASER. APPLICATION FILED DEC. 4, 19 05.

fiuam g I UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE. ALBERT E. FROMMEL, OF GROTON, SOUTH DAKOTA.

HOR'SE -RELEASER.

l ate'nted Jan. 8, 1907.

Application filed December 4, 1905. Serial No. 290,248.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, ALBERT E. FR MMEL, a citizen of the United States, residing at Groton, in the county of Brown, State of South Dakota, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Horse-Releasers; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to vehicles, and more particularly to horse-releasers therefor, and has for its object to provide means for quickly and easily detaching a horse from a vehicle When desired.

Another object is to provide a detacher which will be simple in operation and which will include few parts.

Other objects and advantages will be apparent from the following description.

In the drawings forming a portion of this specification, and in Which like numerals of reference indicate similar parts in the several views, Figure 1 is a top plan view of the present invention. Fig. 2 is a vertical section through the central portion of the structure shown in Fig. .1 at one side of the releasinglever.

Referring now to the drawings, there is shown the axle 5 of the vehicle, adjacent to each end of which there is secured a forwardly-extending casting 6, each including inner and outer members 7 and 8, respectively, which are spaced from each other longitudinally of the axle and which extend forwardly. In the inner faces of the members 8 there are formed concave recesses 9, which receive correspondingly-formed enlargements 10, carried by the lower ends of thills 11.

Slide-rods 12 are engaged in the members 7 v for longitudinal movement therein, extending longitudinally of the axle 5, and are thus arranged for engagement of the inner portions of the enlar ements 10 to hold them in the recesses 9. nwardly of the members 7 the slide-rods 12 are threaded and have engaged therewith nuts 13, which are operable upon the threads for movement toward and away from the castings 6 to vary the tension of helical springs 14, which are enga ed with the slide-rods between the nuts and t e members 7. The springs are thus arranged to hold the slide-rods normally out of engagement with the enlargements 10 and in moperative position.

Each slide-rod consists of an inner section A, having a threaded recess C in its outer end,-

and an outer section B, which is threaded at its inner end and engaged in the recess C. The threaded portion of the section B extends outwardly beyond the section A, and it approximately the center of the latter, thus ly1n between the castings 6, and these brac ets each have a pair of horizontallys aced o enings 16 and 17, res ectively, t erein, t e corresponding pairs 0 openings of the two brackets registerin as shown. The two slide-rods 12 are lateral y offset, and the arrangement is such that one of the sliderods lies with its inner end portion normally in the registering openings 16 of the two brackets, while the other slide-rod is similarly engaged in the registering openings 17. When in their normal positions, in which they are held by the s rings 14, it will be understood that these s ide-rods are out of operative position.

The brackets 15 are carried bya casting 18,

which includes a downwardly-extending por tion 19, to which is pivoted the lower end of a lever 20, which extends abovethe axle. This levercarries a finger 21 and is movable to bring its finger into and out of the space between the brackets 15. The finger has a pair of horizontal openings 22 formed therethrough, which are arranged for registration with the pairs of openings 16 and 17, though the finger is movab e to lie at times with its solid portions between these pairs of openings and to receive thereagainst the inner ends of the slide-rods 12, when the latter will be held in operative position, as will be readily understood.

When it is desired to release the team from the vehicle, it is but necessary to move the finger out of the paths of movement of the slide-rods, when they will be brought into inoperative position by the springs 14 and the enlargements 10 will be disengaged from the sockets 9, the thills being sufiiciently resilient to permit of inward movement of the enlargements.

Handles D are carried by the slide-rods for movement of the latter against the action of the s rings and into operative position.

at is claimed is- 1. In a horse-releaser, the combination witha support, of castings carried by the support in spaced relation, rods slidably engaged in the castings for movement into and out of operative position and extending inwardly toward each other, springs arranged to hold the rods yieldably at their inward limits of movement, a casting carried by the support between the members and including spaced ears in which the rods are slidably engaged, and a lever pivoted to the casting and'having a finger movable into and out of the space between the ears to receive the inner ends of the rods thereagainst.

2. In a horse-releaser, the combination with a support, of members carried by the support, a casting carried by the support between the members and including spaced ears, said ears having openings therein, rods slidably engaged in the members and in the openings of the ears, springs arranged to hold t e rods yieldably projected into the space between the ears, a lever pivoted to the casting and a finger carried by the lever and movable therewith into and out of the space between the ears, said finger when in the space receiving the inner ends of the rods therea ainst, to hold said rods'against the action oi the springs.

3. In a h0rse-releaser, the combination with a support, of members carried by the support and having recesses therein, members having enlargements engaged in the recesses, slide-rods engaged in the first members at their opposite sides from the recesses and arran ed to hold them in the latter, said slide-rodsIming movable out of operative position, means for holding the slide-rods yieldably in inoperative position, and means for holding them at times in operative position.

4. In a horse-releaser, the combination with a support, of members carried thereby in spaced relation, rods slidably engaged in the members, spaced brackets carried by the supports between the members, said sliderods being movably engaged at their inner ends in the brackets, springs arranged to hold the rods yieldably at the inward limits of their movements, and a finger movable to lie at times between the brackets and in position to receive the inner ends of the rods thereagainst to hold them against the action of the springs.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

ALBERT E. FROMMEL. Witnesses:

WM. ASHLEY, JOHN ALLEN. 

